Socks and Spinning

This week I finished knitting a pair of socks out of handspun yarn.

They are regular toe-up, two-at-a-time, 64 stitches, on a 2.5mm needle socks.

This is the yarn,

and the fibre I dyed - a BFL/Nylon blend.

This week I spun this fibre that I had dyed - a Merino/Mohair blend (the first time I have used this blend for socks).

It spun up lovely, and ended up being quite fine (a fingering weight), I thought maybe the mohair would puff up a bit after finishing, but it didn't.

I decided to join in the DRK Spin It to Knit It Knit Along on Ravelry. I am knitting the DRK Everyday Socks. There are a bunch of 'first for me' with these socks, so it is lots of fun.

I decided to spin(a bit) everyday for the month of February, and dyed up a bunch of fibre in preparation (mainly for socks, because I really get to experiment with different colours, and socks wear out and need replacing).

This is the first bundle I spun.

Closer to a sport weight, which is what I prefer for socks. This is a Merino/Nylon blend.

Photos from Around - 

Woke up to another blizzard this week (the 4th in less than 3 weeks), so lot of snow photos!

Snow plastered to the window in interesting patterns.

Out for a walk later in the day.

So much snow across the driveway.

Thank goodness for a tractor with a snow blower.

The next day-

We thought the drifts were unbelievable last week, now they are even higher.

All the best!♥︎